Dennis harrington



D. HARRINGTON. nMovable Cattle-Pen.

No. 223,729. Patented Jan. 20, I880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

:oENNIs HARRINGTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MOVABLE CATTLE-PEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,729, dated January 20, 1880.

Application filed September 19, 1879. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DENNIs HARRINGTON, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Movable Cattle-Pen, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a device for transporting or moving live stock 011 foot through the streets of a city.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 is an end elevation.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g part-s.

Referring to the drawings, the pen is designated by the letter A. B B are the sides of the pen, sufficiently high to prevent the escape of the stock. These sides are joined at both ends by cross-beams G let into the sidesB B at top and bottom. There is sufficient vertical space between beams U G to permit the stock to be driven between them into the pen A without difficulty.

To the projecting parts a a of sides B are hinged the doors D D at both ends of the pen. Said doors open outwardly, and when shut they bear against the beams G G, and their outsides are flush with the parts a, as shown in Fig. 1. On one side, to part a, is attached a staple, b, and on the opposite side is a book, 0.

Bars E are used to fasten the doors D D, one end, cl, being inserted in the staple I), while the other end, d, is placed in loop 0 when the doors are closed, thus securely fastening the said doors in the manner clearly .shown in the drawings.

A metal bar, F, is placed across the top of the pen,midway of the length thereof, so as to rest on the sides B B. The ends d d of bar F are bent down at right angles and fastened to sides B B.

To the ends d d are fixed axles e e, carrying wheels G Gr. The pen is sustained on the wheels G sufficiently far from the ground to permit the animals to move their limbs inwalking with perfect ease as the pen is drawn along the street.

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In bars E are mortises e e, for the reception of the ends f f of the tongue-hounds g g, to which the tongue His attached. The ends f f are passed into mortises c c, and secured therein by pins h h, passed down through holes in the bars, (indicated by the dotted lines 1' in Fig. 8.)

The bars E at both ends of the pen are arranged to receive the tongue-hounds, so that the tongue can be transferred from one to the other, as it is intended that the pen shall be drawn from both ends.

The mode of using the movable pen is as follows: When the animals are to be moved or transported from the ordinary cattle sheds or pens, one end of pen A-say end G-is drawn up to the open gate of the cattle shed or pen, the doors D D at end G are opened,

and the animals are driven through the open doors D into pen A. When the requisite num her have been gotten into pen A doors D D are closed and fastened by barE. The horses, having been hitched to the opposite end, H, of pen A, are started, drawing pen A with them, and the animals in the pen A are compelled to walk along with the pen A. When the boat, slaughter-house, yard, or other inclosure is reached, the horses drawing pen A are driven through the gateway of said inclosure, so that the end H of pen A will be close to said en- The horses and tongue H are then detached and carried to one side, the doors D at end H are then opened, and the cattle in pen A are driven therefrom into the inclosure. The horses are then driven into the pen A through open doors D at end H, which are closed after them, thence through doors D at end G, said doors being opened to allow them to pass through, and then closed. The horses are then hitched to end G of the pen, the gate of the inclosure closed, and the pen A driven off for another installment of the stock.

By this arrangement stock can be moved through the streets of a city with perfect safety to the inhabitants, as it isimpossible for the animals to escape from the moving pen. At the same time the arrangement is economical to the stock-driver. 7

After the tongue H has been attached to the fastening-bar E, thelatter may be at any time removed and the doors opened, or the bar may be replaced and the doors locked, without separating the tongue H from its bar E.

5 In the practical use of my improvement this combined use of the bars E and tongue Will be found highly convenient.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat- IO ent- In a cattle-pen, the metallic bar F, placed midway across the top of sides B, and having the bent ends d d, in combination with the fixed axles e a, carrying Wheels, as shown and described.

DENNIS HARRINGTON.

Witnesses:

W. O. DoNN, G. SEDGWIcK. 

